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Vincent Gerard Named

Eastern Manager For

Georgia Ports Authority

BJ Rubber Products

Awarded Portland

Fender Contract

BJ Rubber Products has been awarded a contract to provide new "Controlled Buckling" style fenders for a container wharf to be built for the Port of Portland, Ore.

The new docking facility is a 1,800-foot-long two-berth container wharf for Terminal 6 of this port facility. Willamette-General of Port-

Vincent J. Gerard Jr.

M. Fred Whelan, director of trade development for the 'Georgia Ports

Authority, has announced the ap- pointment of Vincent J. Gerard Jr., as Eastern regional manager for the Authority, to be headquartered in New York.

Mr. Gerard is a native of Ruther- ford, N.J., and a 1960 graduate of

St. Peter's College. Formerly sales manager of the Caribbean Trailer

Express, Mr. Gerard's career, in all phases of transportation, dates back to 1962.

As Eastern regional manager, he will direct the sales promotion of the Georgia Ports, which involves the supervision throughout a 14 state area of the G.P.A.'s solicita- tion of freight moving in interna- tional trade.

The New York City office of the

Georgia Ports Authority is located in Suite 4645, One World Trade

Center, New York, N.Y. 10048.

N-S-W Corp. Appoints

Magnaquip Distributor

Magnaquip Inc., 329 Glen Cove

Avenue, Sea Cliff, N.Y. 11579, has been appointed distributor in the northeastern states for the new "Sleet-A-Torq" (TM) hydraulic torque wrench manufactured by

N-S-W Corporation, 5601 Bintliff,

Houston, Texas 77036.

The new power-driven hydraulic wrench is now being used by refiner- ies, petrochemical plants, shipbuilders, utilities and manufacturers for mak- ing up and breaking out bolted con- nections quickly and safely. The

Slect-A-Torq (TM) wrench utilizes rugged, compact, conveniently han- dled tools powered by a self-con- tained, portable hydraulic unit. Pre- cise amounts of torque from 0 to 44,000 ft. lbs. can be pre-set at the power console, providing even, re- peatable torque necessary to obtain absolute tightness in joints having studs up to 6 inches in diameter.

Equally high torques can be applied to break out old, corroded nuts other- wise requiring heating, burning or chipping to remove. Tools can be op- erated remotely from the console under full local control without loss of torque or accuracy. Rigging or frames to support the tools are un- necessary. Operates on compressed air or 220/440 volt 3-phase electric current. Electric motor and controls are explosion-proof. ucts group of Byron Jackson Inc., a subsidiary of Borg-Warner Corpora- tion, these fenders utilize a special end plate design U.S. Pat. 3,677,017 for precise control of buckling. They are made of BJ Neolastic™ rubber, compounded to provide high resiliency and superior resistance to wear, abra- sion and environmental conditions.

Engineering design on the new wharf was provided by Cornell,

Howland, Hayes & Merryfield/Hill of Corvallis, Ore. Made

First of seven 465,000 bbl LNG land is the contractor. Completion date is anticipated by mid-1973.

This new style of BJ® fender is especially designed for use with mov- able pilings to provide a heavy-duty protective frontal cushion for piers and wharves. Because of their unique buckling design, the fenders can ab- sorb the tremendous energy forces of fully laden ships and barges, yet return to their original shape and setting after the force is removed.

Developed by the BJ Rubber Prod- 26 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News